Sarfraz Ahmed tries to copy MS Dhoni in 5th ODI against Zimbabwe, gets smashed for a six - Watch

Pakistan vs Zimbabwe, 5th ODI: Sarfraz Ahmed surprised everyone when he decided to shun the wicketkeeping gloves and bowl in the fifth ODI against Zimbabwe on Sunday.

Sarfraz Ahmed took out a leaf from MS Dhoni's book and tried his hands at bowling in 5th ODI against Zimbabwe.&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspAP

Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed took a leaf out of MS Dhoni’s book on Sunday and shunned wicket-keeping gloves to try his hands at bowling. The incident happened in the 48th over of the 5th ODI between Zimbabwe and Pakistan when Sarfraz decided to bowl his maiden over in international cricket.

In his first over, Sarfraz went for six runs and came back to bowl the final over of the game. Zimbabwe batsman Peter Moor smashed Sarfraz out of the park off the first ball of the final over. Even though Zimbabwe needed 141 runs to win off the final six balls, Sarfraz was clearly unhappy after conceding a six. Here is the video of the incident:

Meanwhile, Pakistan won the ODI series 5-0 by crushing hosts Zimbabwe in all five games. In the fifth and final ODI, Pakistan batted first and posted a daunting total of 364/4 on board.

During the course of this huge total, Fakhar Zaman became the fastest batsman to score 1000 runs in ODI cricket, breaking the record of likes of Viv Richards and Virat Kohli. Opener Imam-ul-Haq too shone with the bat as he played an innings of 110 off 105 deliveries.

Zimbabwe were never in contention of chasing down the total and as it turned out to be, the home team could just manage a score of 233/4. Much to their relief, they were able to play full quota of 50 overs and lost just four wickets.

A win in the ODI series also marked an end to Pakistan’s stay in Zimbabwe - where they earlier won the T20I tri-series by defeating Australia in the final followed by a clean sweep in ODI series against the hosts.